(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)
Returns date formatted according to given format
public string DateTime::format ( string $format )
Object oriented style
public string DateTimeImmutable::format ( string
$format
) public string DateTimeInterface::format ( string
$format
)Procedural style
Returns date formatted according to given format.
Parameters:
object
Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create()
format
Format accepted by date().
Returns:
Returns the formatted date string on success or FALSE
on failure.
Examples:
DateTime::format() example
Object oriented style
<?php $date = new DateTime('2000-01-01'); echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); ?>
Procedural style
<?php $date = date_create('2000-01-01'); echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s'); ?>
The above example will output:
2000-01-01 00:00:00
See also:
date() -
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